Lockout at UNB
University of New Brunswick has locked out professors. NEW THIS MORNING: #UNB fulltime faculty on the picket line, classes on #Fredericton, #SaintJohn campuses suspended. http://t.co/HHnNjZsKIZ— Nick Moore (@NickMooreCTV) January 13,…
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ConCalls: Fantino RoboCop Faces More #elxnfraud Scrutiny
Liddy thinks that a note she sent to Elections Canada may have lit a fire. In that note, she told investigators that she had also alerted the RCMP to a…
Fix for Windows XP not updating on Windows Update
I recently reinstalled Windows XP SP2 on a Dell Vostro laptop, and Windows Update wouldn’t work. I knew malware wasn’t the cause, it’s a bug in Microsoft’s Windows Update and…
The Rise of Finance [1/4] – YouTube
http://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLhiXBRrj94Pclgi3CCOg3_1j5jAV0yEik&v=sMmNVA-90NE&feature=plpp John Peters on unions, pensions and the rise of finance. Filed under: Uncategorized
Countering Colonization (and other great books)
So University of California Press has just made 700 of its books available for online reading (to read on a tablet you have to copy paste into some other program…
Marx and Engels on the State
Reblogged from Bob Jessop: This on-line version is the pre-copyedited, preprint version. The published version can be found here: ‘Marx and Engels on the state’, in S. Hibbin, ed., Politics,…
The Radical Left in Europe: An Outline – Transform Network
http://transform-network.net/en/journal/issue-132013/news/detail/Journal/the-radical-left-in-europe-an-outline.html Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Socialism, the Left
Nothing Left? In Search Of (a new) Social Democracy
http://www.social-europe.eu/2014/01/a-new-social-democracy/ Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: social democracy, the Left
The Veil of Oppression?
Hair is the western woman’s veil The west is fixated on Muslim veils, but all women’s hair is bound in ideals of femininity, and a source of male judgment Arwa…
Keep it to yourself, it’s my life: On solitude, simplicity and trust in yourself
(A rough draft. I don’t usually release any writing that has not been proof-read at least a few times. Even though I rarely edit, I still like to look it…
Blogroll Overhauled
Letting you all know, the Kersplebedeb blogroll has been fixed and is now up and running. Dozens of blogs and other websites are indexed and will have their articles automatically…
20% Off at Leftwingbooks.net — AND THEN VACATION
So here’s the deal: until January 17th (next Friday), everything at leftwingbooks.net is 20% off, so long as you order $10 or more. This discount can be used as many…
PRISM: Telcos Violating Privacy
It apparently doesn’t matter if the Canadian spy agencies don’t spy on Canadians. To be clear though, the Ed Snowden leaks make it clear that they do spy on us.…
Renovate or start over — which way forward for the LHINs?
“The LHINs tell me time after time that they do not have the autonomy you say they do. They do as you tell them to do.” – Liberal MPP Donna…
2013 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was…
When did Canadians become cold weather wimps?
On Sunday morning in Edmonton, the temperature was around -33C. Being that it was Sunday, and I had nowhere to go, I chose the wise (if lazy) option of not…
Eurozone: A Sluggish economy offers no extra jobs – The European Sting – Critical News & Insights on European Politics, Economy, Foreign Affairs, Business & Technology – europeansting.com
http://europeansting.com/2014/01/09/eurozone-a-sluggish-economy-offers-no-extra-jobs/ Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Austerity, crisis, Europe, unemployment
“De-racialisation surgery” and White Privilege
Every now and then there is something so ridiculously ignorant that I HAVE to write a post about it rather than confine it to a “WHAT THE EFF”-post on Facebook
Sunspot AR1944 Blasting Earth #skstorm
I hope our electrical grids are prepared, as there is a risk of overloading from an event like this. -The Sun Wednesday afternoon, from Regina. Canon S5IS on tripod with…
Twenty years since NAFTA: Mexico could have done worse, but it’s not clear how
Reblogged from Real-World Economics Review Blog: from Mark Weisbrot It was 20 years ago that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between the U.S., Canada, and Mexico was implemented.…